Chapter 750: Capture Hangzhou Mansion
Beacon smoke wafted over the beautiful city of Hangzhou, but a good water town in the south of the Yangtze River was looted by the war and became devastated. Although the Dongjiang army entered the city without using swords against the people in the city, they were implicated by the enemy, and finally when the fighting stopped, many innocent lives were still affected and died in their homes.
Cheng Zuo carried the saber upside down and walked slowly on the street, the city was full of mourning, and the people who had lost their relatives were screaming. The enemy soldiers who never died struggled in pools of blood until they took their last breath before they died unwillingly.
Suddenly, Cheng Zuo stopped his hurried footsteps, and an enemy general wearing armor appeared in front of him, and this enemy general was still holding a child about ten years old in his hands. The big knife with red blood stains was on the child's snow-white neck.
The child's frightened and innocent eyes were open, and hysterical cries erupted from his little mouth. Behind the enemy generals, there were more than a dozen officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army. Obviously, they were all afraid of the children in the hands of the enemy generals, so they did not attack him.
Cheng Zuo walked in this way, he had seen this situation more than ten times, some hostages were lucky to be rescued, and some were not so lucky, and finally died under the enemy's broadsword, becoming a ghost who died unjustly.
"Let go of the child in your hands, I promise to let you go." Suddenly, Cheng Zuo shouted at the panicked enemy soldier.
The sudden sound immediately attracted everyone's attention, and the officers and men of the Dongjiang Army greeted each other when they saw that it was Chengzuo coming. And the enemy generals obviously understood that this ordinary man in front of him had a high status in the Dongjiang Army.
He hesitated for a moment, then said in a cruel voice, "All of you stand down, and don't come after you." If you keep your promise to let me go, I will release this child when it is safe. ”
It seems that this guy obviously doesn't trust the Dongjiang Army very much, and asked to let him leave first.
Cheng Zuo naturally wouldn't agree, he snorted coldly: "Either you let the child go now, and I'll let you leave safely." Either we'll rush up and tear you to pieces, or we'll have to choose one of the two. ”
The enemy general frowned, and did not answer immediately, he was silent for a moment, as if weighing the gains and losses in his heart, and then responded: "Joke, if Lao Tzu listens to you, he will inevitably be splashed with blood on the spot......"
Before the enemy general's words had completely fallen, suddenly, a brilliant cold light flashed in front of his eyes. I saw Cheng Zuo shoot angrily, and the saber slashed into the neck cleanly before the enemy general reacted. After saving the frightened child from his hands, Cheng Zuo looked coldly at the enemy general with an unbelievable face: "Lao Tzu has always been a word, since you want to die, then I will fulfill you." ”
flew up with a kick and directly kicked the body of the enemy general who had lost his breath two meters away, and then Cheng Zuo comforted the child in his hand. When the child stopped crying, he ordered his men to take the child to the barracks and settle down.
After a small episode, Cheng Zuo continued to walk in the direction of the mansion with his knife, and he had already been reported just now. Now most of the enemy troops are hiding in the government and still resisting stubbornly, and the Dongjiang army has attacked three times, but they have all been repulsed.
The vermilion gate of the government was closed at the moment, and the high wall became the best obstacle to stop the Dongjiang army. Looking up, you can clearly see that there are archers behind the high wall. With such a tight defense, it is no wonder that it is difficult for the Dongjiang Army to attack it.
"General, it is estimated that there are more than 1,000 enemy troops gathered here in the palace, and they are well defended, and it will be difficult for us to attack them." The person in charge of attacking the government was Cheng Zuo's lieutenant general. At this moment, when he saw Chengzuo coming, he immediately stepped forward to report the battle situation.
"Confused, who wants you to fight like this with them, do you use all the artillery and hot air balloons in our army as decorations?" Cheng Zuo's tone was extremely unkind, and he gave his lieutenant a harsh lesson.
When he came here just now, he had already seen that there were no firearms here, and all the Dongjiang troops were stupid to use conventional weapons to fight the enemy. This made Cheng Zuo immediately annoyed, there are so many sharp weapons in the army that can be used, but these stupid people just don't understand.
The scolding soon made the deputy general wake up, and he had nothing to say, so he immediately admitted his mistake to Cheng Zuo. Then I hurriedly arranged the manpower and got two cannons.
The black muzzle of the cannon was quickly aimed at the gate of the mansion, which could not be attacked for a long time, and the deputy general personally lit the fuse with a hideous face.
"Boom ......"
Two loud roars rang out almost simultaneously, and two solid black cannonballs slammed into the gate of the palace. The heavy gate of the palace did have a good defensive capability, but unfortunately it was unable to withstand the heavy shelling in the end, and after the Dongjiang army fired the second cannon, the gate collapsed.
"Kill!"
The lieutenant general, who had already been holding back the fire in his belly, saw that the gate had collapsed, he didn't say a word, threw away the torch in his hand, brandished his saber and roared into the palace. The Dongjiang Army, which was ready to go, did not slow down much, and almost followed closely behind the deputy general and rushed into the palace, and the screams and fierce fighting immediately echoed in the palace.
There were 3,000 Dongjiang soldiers rushing into the palace, but this time Cheng Zuo did not rush in to join in the fun, but took 1,000 Dongjiang troops to guard outside, in case any fish escaped from the net.
The enemy army at the end of the strong bow was not at all the opponent of the wolf-like Dongjiang Army, and after a while, the chaotic government gradually calmed down. The bloodied lieutenant general walked out of the palace refreshed, and when he arrived in front of Cheng Zuo, he reported with a smile: "General, none of the 1,200 enemy troops have escaped, and all of them have been beheaded. ”
Cheng Zuo held back his eyes at the lieutenant general, just nodded slightly to him to show that he knew, and then turned around and left with a thousand soldiers. At this moment, the suppression of the enemy army is not over, there are enemy troops lurking everywhere in the city, and the enemy army is clear a moment ago, and the people in the city can suffer less damage, so Cheng Zuo is still more anxious in his heart.
The battle of Hangzhou lasted from early morning to evening before it really subsided. More than 3,000 of the 5,000 enemy troops were directly beheaded, and the rest were either seriously wounded or captured. The ability to clear the enemy army in the city so quickly is thanks to the people in the city taking the initiative to cooperate with the Dongjiang Army, and under the guidance of the people, the Dongjiang Army can quell this war as quickly as possible.
Chengzuo captured the city of Hangzhou in one fell swoop, and the news was immediately sent to Mao Wenlong, and after reading the battle report, Mao Wenlong was still quite pleased. The only unhappiness is that in this battle, the officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army also suffered more than 3,000 casualties, which made Mao Wenlong very regretful.